Easter is a religious holiday, not unlike Christmas, that has become so much more about all the other stuff - cards, gifts, goodies, and family gatherings - than the religious significance. I am not necessarily complaining about it, merely recognizing it. All the kitsch and family tradition that goes along with Easter has dwarfed the [...]
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Feliz Navidad…pass the enchiladas!
Today my kin will gather to celebrate Christmas Eve. We will do all the things that are expected at such gatherings - eat, drink, and be merry. Between now and then, I will make an inordinate number of enchiladas and homemade tortilla chips for my contribution to our holiday meal. Our family loves a Mexican [...]
Face time equality…
For the past five years or so, I have created a family calendar each year and distributed it en masse to the family each Christmas. I do our family calendar on Vistaprint.com - far and away my favorite printing site. The calendar is filled with family photos from the past year. It isn't as if the family calendar has ever [...]
Feliz Navidad!!!!
I don't think anyone would ever accuse my family of being staunch traditionalists. We are more concerned with doing what we like to do as a family over the holidays rather than what "tradition" might dictate makes for the essential holiday experience. Not that we don't have "family traditions" - we most certainly do. But [...]
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